Cuff-link.



F. W. YUNG.

CUFF LINK. APPLlc/mon FILEDMAR-24. 1915.

Patented oct. 12, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

`Patented oct. i2, 1915i.

A application fiiefiiiiarch 24,1915.. seria1No.1e,5e5.

To all whom it may concern;

Beit known that LlFRANK W. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, andresident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence andState of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements'in Cuff-Links,`of which the following Fig. 6- shows aportion ofthe doubled This invention relates to cuff links orvfasf is aspecification.

teneis and has for its object to provide a yoke member of. resilientmaterial folded to embrace the outside of the cuff, the yoke endsinwardly and back over nearly upon themselves, whereby Vthe button headsextend inward toward each other and the riveted ends are covered by thefold. A further object of the invention is to eX- tend these buttonheads or vengaging members inwardly nearly inV contact with each other,whereby the yoke ar'insY are caused. to spring apart to permit the cufffabric to pass therebetween, in positioning the holder on the cuff bywhich construction it-is impossible for the holder to becomeinadvertently disengaged from the cuff even when the cuff is made ofsoft or unstarclied material suchV as silk or the like.

Another feature of this invention is the- 1 holderappliedv to a cuff. Fig. 2- -is a perspective view showing the strip of metal from which myvimproved yoke member is formed, also showing the openings punchedtherein for the recept-ion of the lugs on the button shank to be rivetedtherein. Fig.- 3-

Yillustrates one of the `button or button-hole engaging membersshowingthe lugs on the shank portion adapted to be riveted tothe is aside view of the finished yoke showing the same as being insubstantially the form o f the letter W vwith the ends of its extendingside arms folded inwardly-upon themselves.

fabric of a folded cuff in section with my improved holder attachedthereto.

My improved yokev member is preferably constructed` from afstrip ofresilient or spring stock, usually from the preciousV metals or frommetals plated with the same.v This strip may be'cut in any desiredornamental form, but I have illust-rated the same as 'of the plainestdesign.v 'This strip is folded into substantially the shape ofthe letterN the side arms 15 and 16 being set 0n a slight angle to each other, andthe middle` portion 10 atjthe bendjis folded inwardly a short distanceforming pockets or grooves i 11 and 12 on either side into which thefront edges of the cuff extend and'by which these edges are retainedfirmly in spaced apart relation. rIhe elongated side arms of the yokeare arranged to extend along and embrace the `outsidep'ortions of thecud, and inthe end portions 17 and 18 of these side armsare formed eyes19 intowhich the lugs v2 0 of the button shank. 21 'areset and riveted.Ther outer endjof this shank may be formed into lany desired shapebutthe vordinary button or bean head is hereinshown. (The end portions ofthese side arms are folded inwardly and back upon themselves, therebyCoin-` y i p letely covering or hiding from view .the-v riveted orswaged ends of the button' shank lugs. By this construction Vof foldingthe end sbackward upon themselves a number of advantages are gained;first, a button isA y adaptedto bel riveted into place `and the rivetedportions neatly' hidden from view,fl

otherwise I would be Vobliged to connect the buttonsto the'arms bysoldering vand asis,v well known in theart the application of heatnecessary for .soldering toplated ymetal ini juresthe plate andthe heatalso removes the4 temper from the `spring stock.

Another feature of my improved cuff is that the button portions extendinwardly l toward each other to nearly vmeet, whereby it is necessary tospringthese members apart slightly in order to pass thefabric of theVcuff between them'inpositioning the yokel on. the cuff and bylthisconstruction, it willv shape.

H55 Sai f extend along and embrace the opposite outside portions of thecuff, the ends of said Y Copies of this patent may be obtained for inpresence of two arms being folded'back upon themselyes, and

`button-hole engaging members fixed to said inturned ends and extendinginward toward each other, the inner ends of said members nearlycontacting, wherebyvthe yoke arms are caused to spring apart to permitthe cul fabric to pass between in positioning said vyoke on the cu'.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature witnesses. Y FRANK W. YOUNG.Witnesses:

HOWARD E. BARBER, A. RWMACREADY.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner o f Patents, Washington,D. C.

